Coroner recognized youngest killed in Cincinnati shooting

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Police investigate the scene after a shooting at the Fifth Third Bank building on Fountain Square, Thursday in downtown Cincinnati. - Albert Cesare — The Cincinnati Enquirer via AP

Police cordon off the area as they investigate an apartment in North Bend, Ohio, Thursday in a connection to a shooting in Cincinnati. - Phil Didion — The Cincinnati Enquirer via AP

This undated photo provided by the Broward County Sheriff shows Omar Enrique Perez who is suspected of the shooting deaths of three people in downtown Cincinnati, Thursday. - Broward County Sheriff via AP

CINCINNATI >> Police say they’re trying to learn why a gunman carrying a large amount of ammunition began shooting in a downtown Cincinnati high-rise building, killing three people and wounding two others before four officers all opened fire on him.

Police Chief Eliot Isaac says they will study footage from the officers’ body cameras and security from the 30-story building that headquarters Fifth Third Bancorp. Police say the suspect had never worked at Fifth Third and don’t have any information linking him to other businesses in the building.

Authorities believe that 29-year-old Omar Enrique Santa Perez has lived in the Cincinnati area since 2015. Police swarmed his apartment in North Bend, Ohio, about 15 miles (24 kilometers) away.

Isaac says the shooter used a 9 mm handgun with some 200 rounds of ammunition. Officers arrived in seconds to drop him in a hail of gunfire.

Authorities hope to have more information to release Friday.

Records show the shooter formerly lived in South Florida and had been charged with some non-violent crimes years ago.

Police said he went into a sandwich shop and possibly other businesses before entering the lobby and opening fire around 9:10 a.m.

Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters said the rapid police response probably prevented many more casualties. He said one investigator said it could have been “a bloodbath beyond imagination.”

Leonard Cain told The Enquirer he was going into the bank when someone alerted him about the shooting. He said a woman wearing headphones didn’t hear the warnings and walked into the bank and got shot.